to bury; to inter; to entomb; to cover up; to hush up; to shelve
to not know what to do with; to be at a loss with; to have difficulty with; to be put out
to think up; to think out; to knit (a pattern into a sweater, etc.); to start knitting
martial arts; military arts; wushu (Chinese martial art)
shogunate; bakufu; shogun's headquarters; Imperial Guards office; residence of the Imperial Guards commander
and; or; and the like; and so forth; and what not
family; clan; sect; school; group of related sumo stables
or something; or something like that; or words to that effect; something or other
fairy tale; fairy story; nursery tale
to adhere to; to stick to; to keep close to; to go along with; to get involved with; to be thick with
school (of painting, ikebana, etc.)
one's own style; self-taught manner
forbidden move (sumo, shogi, go, etc.); prohibited move; foul
to be oversized (overloud, etc.)
ordinary person; run-of-the-mill people; John Doe; Jane Doe
ancient Japanese martial arts
amusement; entertainment; recreation; pleasure; pastime; hobby
novel; story; (work of) fiction
tail and fins; embellishment (of a story, rumor, etc.); exaggeration
kind; sort; type; equal; match; peer
to death (bored, scared, etc.); to distraction; like crazy; like mad; so much; dying (e.g. for a drink)
to temper thoroughly; to train well
scattered; disperse; loose; disconnected; in pieces; in drops
schoolgirl; female student
from the start; from the beginning; from the outset
grandmother; old woman; female senior citizen
bowstring; string (of a shamisen, etc.); stringed instrument; chord; hypotenuse
account of a dream; fantastic story; wild tale; empty dream
careful reading; reading thoroughly; perusal
seed (e.g. of a plant); pip; progeny; offspring; paternal blood; lineage; sperm
to spin; to make yarn; to spin (a tale); to assemble (e.g. words); to put together
process; course; mechanism
creak; squeak; creaking; discord; strife; friction
pole; climax; extreme; extremity
one round; one turn; one size (larger or smaller); one cycle of the twelve years of the Chinese zodiac
to smirk; to grin broadly
cormorant (Phalacrocoracidae spp.)
to put oneself on guard; to stand ready; to square off
to cut off (someone's head); to behead; to decapitate